Code Civ. Proc., § 116.870 · Article 8. Satisfaction and Enforcement of Judgment
Code Civ. Proc., § 116.870
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) Sections 16250 to 16381, inclusive, of the Vehicle Code, regarding the suspension of the judgment debtor’s privilege to operate a motor vehicle for failing to satisfy a judgment, apply if the judgment (1) was for damage to property in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or for bodily injury to, or death of, a person in any amount, and (2) resulted from the operation of a motor vehicle upon a California highway by the defendant, or by any other person for whose conduct the defendant was liable, unless the liability resulted from the defendant’s signing the application of a minor for a driver’s license.
(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2017.
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History
Repealed (in Sec. 1) and added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 451, Sec. 2. (SB 491) Effective January 1, 2016. Section operative January 1, 2017, by its own provisions.
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